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The Universe is rife with mysteries. From the micro-world of atoms and electrons to the enormous, unimaginable bounds of outer space with its billions of billions of stars, there are many things that still lie beyond our understanding. Among them...

Jul 31, 2015 07:28

Bright, straightforward, honest, respectful. Questions that stick. Answers that matter. Tune in for the interview show SophieCo with its charming host Sophie Shevardnadze and enjoy good talk. Solid facts, uncommon opinions, thoughtful observations. Every Monday and Friday on RT.

The Universe is rife with mysteries. From the micro-world of atoms and electrons to the enormous, unimaginable bounds of outer space with its billions of billions of stars, there are many things that still lie beyond our understanding. Among them...

The future seems to offer few bright prospects for humanity. The climate change may undermine our food producing capacity severely, and hunger will run rampant. Therefore, many hail GMOs as a solution to famine. And yet, corporations that control...

The quest for creating AI (Artificial Intelligence) is on. Two decades ago it all sounded like a far-fetched plot in a science fiction novel. Today, our best minds are working on creating a truly sentient digital brain. What has remained in the...

Climate change - an issue that came up long ago and yet today even its existence is a widely-debated topic. The international community is preoccupied with other problems: war in Syria, terrorism, the crisis in Ukraine... But could it be so that we...

Diamonds are not just a girl’s best friend, but for decades they were a dictator’s best friend. Despotic leaders used the income from the lucrative trade to fuel savage conflicts in Africa, while those buying the shiny gems thousands of...

For too many children around the globe there is no family or love. Their world consists only of violence and the killing they are forced to commit to survive in the harsh reality of war. Their family is their commanders, and their only school is...

Guantanamo bay. The infamous prison facility has been the cynosure of attention since the day it opened its inhospitable doors to the hapless inmates America deemed a threat to a national security. The facility keeps grim secrets, but some have...

The global economy is weak, and the refusal of Greece to deal with IMF has put the financial world into a shaky position. With nations no longer trusting the Western-established institutions, with many believing that they only...

The European Union is burning with a fever: Greece is to decide on whether it really wants to go on with austerity, or if it’s really going to stay within the EU. The decision in Athens will definitely rock the bloc’s foundations, and no one...

The struggle against Islamic State has been going on for months – and yet, the end of the conflict is by no means near. Armored vehicles, weapons, explosives – the jihadi group is well supplied, and wages war not only in the physical world,...